"Oily fish Oily fish have oil in their tissues and in the belly cavity around the gut. Their fillets contain up to 30% oil, although this figure varies both within and between species. Examples include small forage fish, such as sardines, herring and anchovies, and other larger pelagic fish, such as salmon, trout, tuna, swordfish and mackerel. Oily fish can be contrasted with white fish, which contain oil only in the liver, and much less overall than oily fish. Examples of white fish are cod, haddock and flatfish. White fish are usually demersal fish which live on or near the"
"European pilchard The European pilchard (""Sardina pilchardus"") is a species of ray-finned fish in the monotypic genus Sardina. The young of the species are among the many fish that are sometimes called sardines. This common species is found in the northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea at depths of . It reaches up to in length and mostly feeds on planktonic crustaceans. This schooling species is a batch spawner where each female lays 50,000–60,000 eggs. The European pilchard is a small to medium-sized, somewhat elongated, herring-like fish. The origin of the pelvic fins is well behind that of"
"April 15, 2010, after 135 years in operation. Sardines as food Sardines are a nutrient-rich, small, oily fish widely consumed by humans and as forage fish for larger fish species, seabirds and marine mammals. It is a source of omega-3 fatty acids. They are commonly served in cans, but fresh sardines are often grilled, pickled, or smoked. Sardines, are related to herrings, family Clupeidae. The term ""sardine"" was first used in English during the early 15th century, and may come from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once abundant. The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise,"
"may be classed as sardines. The fish is sold fresh, frozen or canned, or is salted and smoked or dried; as the flesh is of low value, some of the catch is used for fishing bait and some is manufactured into fish meal. European pilchard The European pilchard (""Sardina pilchardus"") is a species of ray-finned fish in the monotypic genus Sardina. The young of the species are among the many fish that are sometimes called sardines. This common species is found in the northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea at depths of . It reaches up to in"
"Sardines as food Sardines are a nutrient-rich, small, oily fish widely consumed by humans and as forage fish for larger fish species, seabirds and marine mammals. It is a source of omega-3 fatty acids. They are commonly served in cans, but fresh sardines are often grilled, pickled, or smoked. Sardines, are related to herrings, family Clupeidae. The term ""sardine"" was first used in English during the early 15th century, and may come from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once abundant. The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region."
"to its offspring as ""a tin full of people"". Sardines is also the name of a children's game, where one person hides and each successive person who finds the hidden one packs into the same space until only one is left out, who becomes the next one to hide. Sardine ""Sardine"" and ""pilchard"" are common names used to refer to various small, oily fish in the herring family Clupeidae. The term ""sardine"" was first used in English during the early 15th century and may come from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once abundant. The terms ""sardine"""
"cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines; FishBase, a comprehensive database of information about fish, calls at least six species ""pilchard"", over a dozen just ""sardine"", and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives. 'Sardine' first appeared in English in the 15th century, a loanword from French ""sardine""; derived from Latin ""sardina"", from Ancient Greek ""σαρδίνη"" (""sardínē"") or ""σαρδῖνος"" (""sardínos""), said to be from the Greek ""Sardò"" (""Σαρδώ""), indicating the island of Sardinia. Athenaios quotes a passage from Aristotle mentioning the fish ""sardinos"", referring to the sardine or pilchard. However, Sardinia is around 800"
"Sardinops Sardinops is a monotypic genus of sardines of the family Clupeidae. The only member of the genus is ""Sardinops sagax"". It is found in the Indo-Pacific and East Pacific oceans. Its length is up to . It has numerous common or vernacular names, some of which more appropriately refer to subspecies, including blue pilchard, Australian pilchard (""S. s. neopilchardus""), blue-bait, Californian pilchard (""S. s. caeruleus""), Peruvian Pacific sardine(""S. s. sagax""), South American pilchard, Chilean sardine (""S. s. sagax""), Japanese pilchard (""S. s. melanostictus""), Pacific sardine, and Southern African pilchard (""S. s. ocellatus""). The South Australian sardine fishery targets ""Sardinops"
"The United Kingdom's Sea Fish Industry Authority, for example, classifies sardines as young pilchards. One criterion suggests fish shorter in length than are sardines, and larger ones pilchards. The FAO/WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines; FishBase, a comprehensive database of information about fish, calls at least six species ""pilchard"", over a dozen just ""sardine"", and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives. Sardines are commercially fished for a variety of uses: for bait; for immediate consumption; for canning, drying, salting, or smoking; and for reduction into fish"
"species of Clupeidae include for instance the Atlantic menhaden (""Brevoortia tyrannus""), the Atlantic and Baltic herrings (""Clupea harengus""), the Pacific herring (""C. pallasii"") and the European pilchard or sardine (""Sardina pilchardus""). The family currently comprises 54 genera and approximately 200 species. Taxonomy based on the works of Van der Laan 2017 and Nelson, Grande & Wilson 2016. Clupeidae Clupeidae is a family of ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings, shads, sardines, ilish, and menhadens. The clupeids include many of the most important food fishes in the world, and are also commonly caught for production of fish oil and fish"
"revenue to the markets of the world. The Peruvian sardine, Sardinops sagax : Historical analysis of the fishery (1978-2005) Peruvian Pacific sardine The Peruvian Pacific sardine (scientific name ""Sardinops sagax sagax"") is a subspecies of the South American pilchard found in Peru. Related species of international importance include ""Sardinops caeruleus"" (USA), ""S. melanosticta"" (Japan), and ""Sardina pilchardus"" (Spain). Its geographical distribution extends from the Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador) up to Talcahuano (Chile). The most important location of the fish in Peru is Paita, Parachique, Santa Rosa, and Chimbote. On November 2006, Peru obtained the right to use the term sardine,"
"A traditional Cornish pilchard dish is stargazy pie. The traditional ""Toast to Pilchards"" refers to the lucrative export of the fish to Catholic Europe: Fishing for sardela or sardina (""Sardina pilchardus"") on the coasts of Dalmatia and Istria began thousands of years ago. The region was part of the Roman Empire, then largely a Venetian dominion, and has always been sustained through fishing mainly sardines. All along the coast, many towns promote the age-old practice of fishing by lateen sail boats for tourism and on festival occasions. Today, industrial producers continue this tradition. Currently, the four factories of canned sardines"
"Cichlid Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, Labroidei, along with the wrasses (Labridae), in the order Perciformes but molecular studies have contradicted this grouping. The closest living relatives of cichlids are probably the convict blennies and both families are classified in the 5th edition of ""Fishes of the World"" as the two families in the Cichliformes, part of the subseries Ovalentaria. This family is both large and diverse. At least 1,650 species have been scientifically described, making it one of the largest vertebrate families. New species are discovered"
"Peruvian Pacific sardine The Peruvian Pacific sardine (scientific name ""Sardinops sagax sagax"") is a subspecies of the South American pilchard found in Peru. Related species of international importance include ""Sardinops caeruleus"" (USA), ""S. melanosticta"" (Japan), and ""Sardina pilchardus"" (Spain). Its geographical distribution extends from the Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador) up to Talcahuano (Chile). The most important location of the fish in Peru is Paita, Parachique, Santa Rosa, and Chimbote. On November 2006, Peru obtained the right to use the term sardine, accompanied on the name of the fatherland and the scientific name, to commercialize this product and to assure its"
"Scaled sardine The scaled sardine, ""Harengula jaguana"", is a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae. It is native to coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, from the Gulf of Mexico (where it is known as the pilchard or whitebait) down to Brazil where it is called mata. It has a solid back with dark streaks and usually a small dark spot at the upper edge of the operculum and sometimes one located at the shoulder. It grows up to 9 inches (23 cm) in length but typically is little more than half that size. It is a fast-growing species,"
"trawling with high opening nets. In total, around a million tonnes are taken annually, with Morocco and Spain having the largest catches. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) considers the Moroccan fishery overfished. The adults may be sold as pilchards; the juveniles, as sardines. The terms ""sardine"" and ""pilchard” are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region. The United Kingdom's Sea Fish Industry Authority, for example, classifies sardines as young pilchards. One criterion suggests fish shorter in length than are sardines, and larger fish are pilchards. The FAO/WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that"
"Amblygaster sirm The spotted sardinella, (""Amblygaster sirm""), also known as Northern pilchard, spotted pilchard, spotted sardine, and trenched sardine, is a reef-associated marine species of sardinellas in the herring family Clupeidae. It is one of the three species of genus ""Amblygaster"". It is found in the marine waters along Indo-West Pacific regions from Mozambique to the Philippines,and towards north Taiwan and Japan to the far east of Australia and Fiji. It is a widely captured commercial fish in Sri Lanka, where the fish is known as ""Hurulla"" in Sinhala language. The fish has 13 to 21 dorsal soft rays and"
"feeds on minute organisms like copepods, ""Mysis"" and zooplankton. Widely used as bait in the tuna fishery all along the world, both as a live or dead forms. Amblygaster clupeoides The Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, (Amblygaster clupeoides) also known as blue pilchard, sharp-nosed pilchard, or sharpnose sardine, is a reef-associated marine species of sardinellas in the herring family Clupeidae. It is one of the three species of genus ""Amblygaster"". It is found in the marine waters along Indo-West Pacific regions. The fish has 13 to 21 dorsal soft rays and 12 to 23 anal soft rays. It grows up to a"
"Sander (genus) Sander (formerly known as ""Stizostedion"") is a genus of fish in the Percidae (perch) family. They are also known as ""pike-perch"" because of their resemblance to fish in the unrelated Esocidae (pike) family. Local names for the fish have been the basis for many geographical names, like River Suda in Russia or Saunags village on the Baltic coast. The genus includes the following 5 species: Phylogenetic relationships of the species of genus ""Sander"" based on the concatenated data set of six gene regions and a Bayesian analysis. ""Romanichthys valsanicola"" is the nearest living relative of the genus ""Sander"""
"vitamin D, calcium, vitamin B12, and protein. Because they are low in the food chain, sardines are very low in contaminants, such as mercury, relative to other fish commonly eaten by humans. Pilchard fishing and processing became a thriving industry in Cornwall (UK) from around 1750 to around 1880, after which it went into decline. Catches varied from year to year, and in 1871, the catch was 47,000 hogsheads, while in 1877, only 9,477 hogsheads. A hogshead contained 2,300 to 4,000 pilchards, and when filled with pressed pilchards, weighed 476 lbs. The pilchards were mostly exported to Roman Catholic countries"
"Amblygaster clupeoides The Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, (Amblygaster clupeoides) also known as blue pilchard, sharp-nosed pilchard, or sharpnose sardine, is a reef-associated marine species of sardinellas in the herring family Clupeidae. It is one of the three species of genus ""Amblygaster"". It is found in the marine waters along Indo-West Pacific regions. The fish has 13 to 21 dorsal soft rays and 12 to 23 anal soft rays. It grows up to a maximum length of 21 cm. The flank is gold in fresh fish but becomes black while preservation. Belly is more rounded and scutes are not prominent. The fish"
"minnows) which make up two-thirds of the order's diversity. This is one of the largest families of fish, and is widely distributed across Africa, Eurasia, and North America. Most species are strictly freshwater inhabitants, but a considerable number are found in brackish water, such as roach and bream. At least one species is found in saltwater, the Pacific redfin, ""Tribolodon brandtii"". Brackish water and marine cyprinids are invariably anadromous, swimming upstream into rivers to spawn. Sometimes separated as family Psilorhynchidae, they seem to be specially-adapted fishes of Cyprinidae. Balitoridae and Gyrinocheilidae are families of mountain stream fishes feeding on algae"
"Salmonidae Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only living family currently placed in the order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes, and graylings, which collectively are known as the salmonids. The Atlantic salmon and trout of the genus ""Salmo"" give the family and order their names. Salmonids have a relatively primitive appearance among the teleost fish, with the pelvic fins being placed far back, and an adipose fin towards the rear of the back. They are slender fish, with rounded scales and forked tails. Their mouths contain a single row of sharp teeth. Although the smallest"
"Characidae Characidae, the characids or characins is a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes. The name ""characins"" is the historical one, but scientists today tend to prefer ""characids"" to reflect their status as a by and large monophyletic group at family rank. To arrive there, this family has undergone much systematic and taxonomic change. Among those fishes that remain in the Characidae for the time being are the tetras, comprising the very similar genera ""Hemigrammus"" and ""Hyphessobrycon"", as well as a few related forms such as the cave and neon tetras. Fish of this"
"the seas between the Southwest California Coast and the Channel Islands of California. Some of their chief catches were sardines (pilchards) who were mentioned several times by the early Spanish explorers. Sardines are small epipelagic fish (surface water fish to 200m) which then migrated along the California coast in large schools at certain times of the year. They are an important forage fish for larger forms of marine life and a major fishery in the California waters till the sardine schools greatly diminished due to ocean current temperature changes and over fishing. The sardines were caught by the California Indians"
"Bichir Bichirs and the reedfish comprise Polypteridae, a family of archaic-looking ray-finned fishes and the only family in the order Polypteriformes. All species occur in freshwater habitats in tropical Africa and the Nile River system, mainly swampy, shallow floodplains and estuaries. Bichirs are considered the sister group to all other extant ray-finned fishes. Bichirs are elongated fish with a unique series of dorsal finlets which vary in number from seven to 18, instead of a single dorsal fin. Each of the dorsal finlets has bifid (double-edged) tips, and are the only fins with spines; the rest of the fins are"
"living only 12 to 18 months. Scaled sardines are often referred to by anglers as greenbacks erroneously as that name belongs to the Atlantic Threafin herring. They can usually be caught with strings of wire loops known as minnow rings, sabiki rigs or by cast netting. Scaled sardine The scaled sardine, ""Harengula jaguana"", is a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae. It is native to coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, from the Gulf of Mexico (where it is known as the pilchard or whitebait) down to Brazil where it is called mata. It has a solid back with"
"and is used as an outgroup to root the tree. Sander (genus) Sander (formerly known as ""Stizostedion"") is a genus of fish in the Percidae (perch) family. They are also known as ""pike-perch"" because of their resemblance to fish in the unrelated Esocidae (pike) family. Local names for the fish have been the basis for many geographical names, like River Suda in Russia or Saunags village on the Baltic coast. The genus includes the following 5 species: Phylogenetic relationships of the species of genus ""Sander"" based on the concatenated data set of six gene regions and a Bayesian analysis. ""Romanichthys"
"Gadidae The Gadidae are a family of marine fish, included in the order Gadiformes, known as the cods, codfishes or true cods. It contains several commercially important fishes, including the cod, haddock, whiting, and pollock. Most gadid species are found in temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere, but several range into subtropical, Subarctic and Arctic oceans, and a single (southern blue whiting) is found in the Southern Hemisphere. They are generally medium-sized fish, and are distinguished by the presence of three dorsal fins on the back and two anal fins on the underside. Most species have barbels on their chins,"
"Sardinella Sardinella is a genus of fish in the family Clupeidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. They are abundant in warmer waters of the tropical and subtropical oceans. Adults are generally coastal, schooling, marine fish but juveniles are often found in lagoons and estuaries. These species are distinguished by their ranges and by specific body features, but they are often confused with one another. Fish of the genus have seven to 14 striped markings along the scales of the top of the head. The paddle-shaped supramaxilla bones are characteristic; they separate ""Sardinella"" from other genera and their"
"Synodontidae The Synodontidae or lizardfishes are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estuarine bony fishes that belong to the aulopiform fish order, a diverse group of marine ray-finned fish consisting of some 15 extant and several prehistoric families. They are found in tropical and subtropical marine waters throughout the world. Lizardfishes are generally small, although the largest species measures about in length. They have slender, somewhat cylindrical bodies, and heads that superficially resemble those of lizards. The dorsal fin is located in the middle of the back, and accompanied by a small adipose fin placed closer to the tail. They have mouths"
"Sarotherodon Sarotherodon is a genus of tilapiine cichlids endemic to Africa and the Middle East. A few species from this genus have been introduced far outside their native range, and are important in aquaculture. They mainly inhabit fresh and brackish water, but a few can live in salt water (at least for a period). Members of this genus, as well as those of the genera ""Tilapia"" and ""Oreochromis"", share the common name ""tilapia"". Based on mtDNA sequence analysis, there seem to be several clades in this genus, and a few species of the much larger genus ""Oreochromis"" (such as Oreochromis"
"may also refer specifically to the family Lamnidae. The order includes seven families and sixteen living species: Ground sharks are the largest order of sharks, and include a number of common types such as the blue shark, catsharks, swellsharks and sandbar sharks. Members of the orders are characterized by the presence of a nictitating membrane over the eye, two dorsal fins, an anal fin, and five gill slits. The families in the order Carcharhiniformes are expected to be revised; recent DNA studies show that some of the traditional groups are not monophyletic. The order includes eight families and over 270"